Ric Meyers

Richard Meyers (born 1953), is an American author, ghostwriter, screenwriter, consultant, actor, editor, and teacher, best known for his contributions to the martial arts film industry. Rim Films called him "one of the men most responsible for the acceptance of Asian action movies and stars in America".

Meyers has been writing, editing, and performing professionally since 1974. He is the author of more than seventy novels and non-fiction books under variations of his own name, as well as several pseudonyms, such as Dane Hartman and Wade Barker. His works include Doomstar, Fear Itself, Murder in Halruua, TV Detectives, For One Week Only: The World of Exploitation Films, and Martial Arts Movies: From Bruce Lee to the Ninjas. In addition, he has made contributions to such diverse paperback book series as The Destroyer, Dirty Harry, Ninja Master, and The Incredible Hulk.

He wrote a history of kung fu films, Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Book, and scripted the documentary based on the book, Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Movie (2010).

He is the film columnist for Inside Kung Fu and Asian Cult Cinema magazine, and long-term presenter of the San Diego Comic Con Kung Fu Extravaganza. continuing in that role until it ceased publication in 2011. An updated edition of his book Martial Arts Movies From Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan & More was released in 2001. He appeared on Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan specials for A&E's Biography and Bravo Profiles, and contributed audio commentaries, liner notes, and cover copy for hundreds of DVDs in Asia and America.

Meyers hosted his first San Diego Comic-Con Superhero Kung Fu Extravaganza in 1997. He prepared its 20th Anniversary Celebration in 2017. He presented kung fu seminars to the staff of the first Kung Fu Panda film, as well as its subsequent Nickelodeon TV series.

Stage Appearances Meyers played the king at the Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, for almost two years. He appeared as a jolly old elf in malls, stores, churches, homes, and, via video, in children's hospitals.

Awards and honors Meyers has been inducted into The World Martial Arts Hall of Fame, the World Wide Martial Arts Hall of Fame, the Budo Magazine Hall of Fame, and the Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Fame. He received an Edgar Allan Poe Special Award from the Mystery Writers of America.